Black Power on Campus

Joy Ann Williamson charts the evolution of black consciousness on predominately white American campuses during the critical period between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s, with the Black student movement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign serving as an illuminating microcosm of similar movements across the country. Drawing on student publications of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as interviews with student activists, former administrators, and faculty, Williamson discusses the emergence of Black Power ideology, what constituted "blackness," and notions of self-advancement versus racial solidarity.
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Cover Title Page Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Black Youth Forcing Change 2. From Negro to Black: The Black Students Association 3. The Special Educational Opportunities Program 4. The Launching of a Movement 5. "We Hope for Nothing; We Demand Everything" 6. A Lasting Influence Appendix A: List of Interviewees Appendix B: BSA Demands Notes Index|